Clean that keyboard!

You there who are reading this beware. Most probably, one of your hands is on the mouse and the other on the keyboard.

Think...

How often have you been to the toilet and not properly washed your hands?
How often have you eaten over your keyboard?
How often have you cleaned your keyboard?

Read below...

'A microbiologist carrying out research published today for Which? Computing magazine examined samples from 33 keyboards and found a variety of bugs including E coli and S aureus, which can cause skin infections and make people ill...

The scientist swabbed a loo seat and a toilet door handle in a typical London office for comparison. One of the keyboards in the experiment had to be removed from the office because it was five times dirtier than the lavatory seat and home to 150 times the acceptable limit of bacteria...

The research showed that the chief culprit for contamination was people eating at their desks and dropping crumbs which lodge between keys and encourage the growth of millions of bacteria.

Other causes included poor personal hygiene, particularly people failing to wash their hands after using the toilet. Dust, which traps moisture, also provides ideal conditions for the growth of bacteria....'

Interesting huh? Knowing this, would you use internet cafes?

Source: The Guardian